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Noun: ascender  u'sen-du(r)
  1. A lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters
    "The 'h' in 'height' has an ascender"
     
  2. (printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters
    "The ascender of the letter 'h' makes it taller than letters like 'a' or 'e'"
     
  3. Someone who ascends
    "The ascender carefully made their way up the steep mountain face"

Derived forms: ascenders

Type of: alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet, line, mover

Encyclopedia: Ascender